A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

Exploring pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement! You will research various
different events and movements during the civil rights era. Tuesday, Dec. 11 you
will present with your group with a powerpoint of information, DO NOT simply read
the slides!! Make sure that you are comfortable analyzing and explaining the images
you chose. After you present, hand out your 1 sheet of paper, which will have ALL the
important information on it and 2 of the images from your project.

Requirements:
- Cover ALL of the assigned content (the year, key people & terms, location & questions)
o Key People: what role did they play with this event? what organizations were they
involved in? what are they famous for? what about their background – who were they?)
o Background on the event: when did your event take place? What organizations were
involved? What happened with the event? Where did it happen? Was it non-violent or
militant? What did it accomplish?
o WHY was your event important?

- Powerpoint must have:

o Must include 5 pictures relating to your content
▪ Crop the pictures so that they tell a different story. Show at least 2 different
cropped images. During presentation explain what story is being told by these
images.
▪ Then on the next slide show the full photo. Be prepared to explain the difference
in what message a photo can give.
▪ In a word document, have ALL the full images with a 3-4 sentence
explanation of the story that image tells and HOW it relates to your event

o NO slides FULL of text – 1-2 slides of the basic information at the END of the ppt

o In the presentation the PRESENTERS will briefly explain the major information (when
presenting you may need to elaborate, but the slides are just the very basic information)

- Handout for the class – must have at least 2 images from your 5 that you find most important
with a few sentences explaining what story the image tells. Leave blank space for further notes
on the page.

Due: Tuesday, Dec. 11

Topics on the Back!!

Topics → Major Events:

1. 16th Street Church in Birmingham → Bombingham, KKK

• What happens? When? Why?
• Why was Birmingham referred to as Bombingham? What does this mean for life in the South at
this time?
• What is the reaction of various different groups: blacks churches, white extremist groups, other
organizations
2. Ole Miss → Medgar Evers and assassination, James Meredith & the Kennedy
Administration, March Against Freedom
• Who was Medgar Evers? What did he do in the Civil Rights Movement?
• How did Evers die?
• Who is James Meredith and what did he accomplish? How was the Kennedy Administration
involved?
• What was the March Against Freedom? What happened during it?
3. Greensboro Sit-Ins (and possibly Parlour Ice Cream Sit-In in Durham) → sit-in,
nonviolent action, SNCC
• How long did the sit-in last?
• Who was involved? How did they decide to do the sit-in?
• How did the sit-in impact the Civil Rights Movement?
4. Children’s March on Birmingham → Birmingham, Martin Luther King Jr., SCLC
• Who was involved? Why were those people involved?
• What was the purpose of the march? Did it accomplish what it set out to?
• When did this happen?
• Why is it important?
5. Montgomery Bus Boycott → Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., other organizers,
boycott
• When and where did this take place? How long did it last?
• Who was involved in organizing the boycott? How was it able to last for so long?
• What did it accomplish? How did it accomplish this?
6. Freedom Summer → CORE, SNCC, voting rights act 1965
• Who was involved?
• What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?
• What violence if any occurred? Why is this significant?
• What was accomplished?
7. Selma to Montgomery Marches → Bloody Sunday, MLK Jr., SCLC, Governor
Wallace, Fred Gray
• Who organized the march? Why did they organize the march?
• What happened during the march? Why is that important?
• What did the march accomplish? Why was it important?
8. Freedom Rides → CORE, SNCC, nonviolence, Bull Connor, Governor Wallace
• When and where did the rides occur?
• What happened? What major events occurred on the rides? Did they finish?
• What did they accomplish?
9. Kissing Case – Robert Williams, Monroe NC, NAACP, Eleanor Roosevelt, KKK
• What initially happened, who was involved? And how did the community react?
• What was the international response? (Why would this be important?)
• What fears does this event demonstrate existed in the South at the time?